Magway Airport | |
Iata: | MWQ |
Icao: | VYMW |
Location: | Magway, Myanmar |
Elevation-F: | 298 |
Coordinates: | 20.1578°N 94.9728°W |
Pushpin Map: | Myanmar |
R1-Number: | 01 |
R1-Length-F: | 8491 |
R1-Length-M: | 2588 |
Magway Airport is an airport in Magway, Myanmar.Analysis of Google Earth imagery confirms it is also the base for several types of fighter aircraft belonging to the Myanmar Air Force.[1]
Two jets from Magway Air Base crashed in adverse weather conditions on 16 October 2018, killing the pilots and a civilian on the ground.[2]
The airport had been an Allied air base during the Second World War (known as Magwe)[3]